Whats the best over the counter item to use for itching?
A nice backscratcher.
Joe
I’m talking about the kind that keeps itching after you’ve already scratched.
It depends on the cause.
For overall allergy-type issues, I believe Benadryl to be the best.
I’ve always found calamine lotion to be effective, but I recently read somewhere that there is no medical evidence that it does anything at all - I guess it’s being asserted that it’s all down to the placebo effect.
As long as its not head on or its itch equivalent.
I find that the counter itself is a wonderful scratching apparatus. Can’t beat a good right-angled, convex corner for scratchin’!
You can get some low strength cortisone cream OTC (Australia) bit it will- as mentioned above- depend on the cause if it is to be effective.
If the cause is poison ivy or mosquito bites, I recommend Band Aid Anti-Itch gel (formerly known as Rhuli Gel).
1% cortisone creme is good, but a bit pricey if you’ve got a big swath of itchy skin – for those (caused by poison ivy, etc.), I use clear calamine lotion, thus avoiding that ridiculous-looking pink. The relief is less instantaneous, but it does seem to stop the itching, and it also helps clear up the ooziness of poison ivy.
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uh… Preparation H?
What?
You asked.